Posts Tagged ‘Defense Spending’

Road Show with Senators, Brought to You by Pentagon Contractors
By Anna Meier and Suzanne Dershowitz
Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte hit the road this week in Florida, New Hampshire, Virginia and North Carolina to preach against looming Pentagon spending cuts. Call it the “Misinformation Road Show” brought to you by defense industry contractors.
The trio of Republican senators are throwing out words like “devastating” and “draconian” to describe the potential
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Obama’s and Panetta’s Spending Plan Reassures Defense Contractors, But What About Taxpayers?
Statement of Danielle Brian, Executive Director, Project On Government Oversight
President Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta may have said a lot of the right things today when outlining the need to rein in military spending—they’ll get no argument from us on the need to move beyond the Pentagon’s out-of-date Cold War mentality.
But beyond the
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